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Smoking may take years off lives of HIV patients, study shows

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HIV treatments are so effective today that people who are diagnosed and treated early can expect a near-normal lifespan. A new study however finds that won't be the case if the patient is a smoker. The study, published Dec. 19 in Clinical Infectious Diseases, suggests programs to encourage patients to quit smoking should be integrated in HIV care, according to its authors. "Our findings emphasize the importance of counseling HIV patients on smoking cessation as smoking may impact their life expectancy considerably more than the HIV infection itself," wrote the authors, led by Dr. Marie Helleberg, an infectious disease researcher at Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark. Helleberg and her colleagues tracked nearly 3,000 people with HIV who received treatment in Denmark between 1995 and 2010.

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Smoking may take years off lives of HIV patients, study shows

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Study tied more than 60 percent of HIV deaths in Denmark -- a country with free treatment -- to smoking

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